Increasing average global temperatures are boosting the frequency at which extreme weather events occur, as well as their intensity. The four charts below nicely depict our findings, showing the ...

April showers might bring more flowers—but they can also leave your garden unexpectedly swamped and your homegrown vegetables over-watered. This digital rain gauge makes monitoring rainfall easier ...

Those of us in London and New York who are wearing T-shirts while we do our Christmas shopping will not be surprised that 2015 is "virtually certain" to go down as the warmest year on record, ...

The world is getting hotter. And hotter, and hotter. As 2015 comes to a close, it will be the hottest year on record, besting the former record holder of 2014 (also known as last year). Nine of the 10 ...

Below are cumulative rainfall totals for Bay Area locations in the 48 hours and the 72 hours since 8 a.m. Sunday. The National Weather Service figures, in inches, are raw numbers, meaning they haven’t ...

The first week of the year saw two big storms bridged by intermittent rain in the Bay Area, bringing rainfall totals of up to 15 inches. The following totals from the National Weather Service are from ...